Buddhist teachings

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Anicca
teaching of impermanence -
everything is changing
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3 types of anicca
change in living things, non-living things and in the mind
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anatta
teaching that there is no self
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dukkha
life is unsatisfactory
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3 types of dukkha
Ordinary pain and suffering.
Suffering caused by change.
Suffering caused by attachment.
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Lakshanas
collective term for the 3 universal truths.
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4 noble truths
1. Dukkha
2. Samudaya
3. Nirodha
4. Magga
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Samudaya
suffering is caused by tanha (attachment)
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Nirodha
Suffering can end
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Magga
8 fold path.
the path to end suffering
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3 fold way
the way of mental training.
the way of wisdom.
the way of morality.
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skandhas/aggregates
5 parts of a human that are always changing. Showing there is no fixed self.
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pratitya samutpada
The Law of Conditionality. Everything in the universe has a cause, many of these causes are linked together in a "web"
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sunyata
Mahayana concept that all things are empty.
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renunciation
when a Theravada monk promises to give up the world and live a life free of the 3 poisons.
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tanha
craving
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3 types of tanha
attachment to senses,
to something you are not,
to not be something you are.
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Buddha
the "awakened one" - an enlightened being
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Buddhahood
Highest level of enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism. this is to unlock the Buddha nature and wish for peace for all living beings.
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Enlightenment
a mind which is free from suffering
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nirvana
a mind which is permanently free from suffering.
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Parinirvana (Mahayana)
When the Buddha died and was no longer reborn.
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Arhat
Theravada term:
someone who has destroyed the 3 poisons by following the 8 fold path. Only monks can achieve this.
They will never be reborn again in samsara .
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Bodhisattva
An enlightened being in a state
of nirvana who delays their parinirvana to help free others from suffering.
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4 Brahma viharas
metta
karuna
mudita
upekkha
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Metta and Karuna
loving kindness and compassion
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Mudita
Sympathetic joy
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Upekkha
Peace
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Dana
Giving
e.g. to the Monks alms bowls
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Punna
Making merit
e.g. dana
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5 precepts / Pancha Sila
AVOID:
1. Harming living beings
2. Taking what has not been offered.
3. Sexual misconduct
4. Wrong speech
5. Clouding the mind with alcohol/drugs.
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6 paramitas
(practised in Mahayana Buddhism)
Dana
Morality
Energy
Patience
Meditation
Wisdom.
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World of samsara
This world of suffering where creatures are continuously reborn.
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Karma
action
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Rebirth
being reborn as a result of circumstances that have happened before.
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Meditation
Focusing the mind
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Samatha meditation
calming meditation which focuses on one thing only
e.g. kasina
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Metta bhavana
loving kindness meditation.
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Vipassana
practised by Theravada Buddhists to concentrate on the body or its sensations.
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Vassa
Rainy season before Kathina festival
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Kathina
Festival when materials for robes are given to the monks.
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Wesak
festival celebrating Buddha's birth, death, enlightenment.
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change in living things, non-living things and in the mind

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teaching that there is no self

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life is unsatisfactory

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Ordinary pain and suffering.
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